Sr. Staff DevOps Engineer

As aDevOps Sr Staff Engineer, you will play a critical leadership role in driving the evolution of our DevOps practices. Performing hands-on technical execution, as well as providing strategic leadership, you will be

responsible for guiding and growing the DevOps function across the organization.

You will manage day-to-day DevOps activities, ensure release quality and velocity, and support the team in building robust, scalable, and secure CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure. Your technical expertise, problem-solving

mindset, and passion for automation will be vital in improving the efficiency and reliability of our software delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor the DevOps team, setting clear goals, offering constructive feedback, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

• Oversee daily DevOps operations including build/release management, CI/CD pipelines, environment management, and infrastructure reliability.

• Drive technical decisions and provide guidance on tooling, automation strategies, and architecture.

• Collaborate with engineering, QA, and product teams to prioritize work, align objectives, and ensure seamless deployments.

• Identify opportunities for automation and implement solutions to reduce manual work and improve delivery speed.

• Ensure system scalability, performance, and security are considered in all DevOps solutions.

• Monitor and improve infrastructure reliability, alerting, and observability.

• Advocate for best practices in DevOps and promote a high-energy, accountable, and collaborative team culture.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering

• Proven expertise in:

• CI/CD tools, particularly Jenkins

• Scripting (e.g., bash, and Python)

• Strong experience with Terraform infrastructure-as-code and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Hands-on experience with Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), and Kubernetes-based deployments.

• Proficiency in containerization tools (e.g., Docker).

• Experience working with relational databases (e.g. SQL Server, Cockroach DB) and managing database CI/CD and configuration tasks.

• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as Kloudfuse, Sumo Logic, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or ELK stack.

• Deep understanding of deployment pipelines, infrastructure automation, and system security best practices.

• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and business needs.

• Passionate, self-motivated, and enthusiastic about DevOps practices and modern infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in a fast-paced product or platform engineering environment.

• Exposure to security, compliance, and audit requirements in CI/CD and infrastructure.

• Cloud or Kubernetes-related certifications (e.g., AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA).

• Experience integrating DevOps practices into SDLC and cross-functional workflows.